"species flowering all the year round, even after the terrible fire of 1999 that has destroyed the pinewood, the site continues to maintain to its flora and fauna a high nature value. As from 1961 it is occupied by the tourist resort (http://www.villaggilafrancesca.it/en/) with the same name. La Francesca La Francesca The name of La Francesca was historically given to a coastal area of Liguria Eastern Riviera, currently in the province of La Spezia (Municipality of Bonassola). Well known in the 13th century for its copper mines (active until the last century), the site took probably its name from one"
"west, through what is now French territory as far as Marseille.) The Riviera's centre is Genoa, which divides it into two main sections: the Riviera di Ponente (“the coast of the setting sun”), extending westwards from Genoa to the French border; and the Riviera di Levante (“the coast of the rising sun”) between Genoa and Capo Corvo. It is famous for its particularly mild climate and relaxed way of life which, together with the charm of its old fishing ports and the beauty of its landscape, has made it a popular destination for travellers and tourists since the time of"
"for the European and American ""jet set"" and tourists. The inhabitants of Saint-Tropez are called """" (), and the town is familiarly called ""St-Trop"" (). In 599 B.C., the Phocaeans founded Massilia (present-day Marseille) and established other coastal mooring sites in the area. In 31 B.C., the Romans invaded the region. Their citizens built many opulent villas in the area, including one known as the ""Villa des Platanes"" (Villa of the Plane Trees). The first name given to the village which became Saint-Tropez was Heraclea-Caccaliera, and the mouth of its gulf was named the Issambres. The town owes its current"
"Marseille Marseille (; , ; Marseilles; ) is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, today it is the capital of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010. Known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as ""Massalia"" (, ""Massalía""), Marseille"
"for mass tourism from all over Europe. Many Europeans, particularly from Britain, bought summer houses in Provence. The arrival of the TGV high-speed trains shortened the trip from Paris to Marseille to less than four hours. At the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st century, the residents of Provence were struggling to reconcile economic development and population growth with their desire to preserve the landscape and culture that make Provence unique. The original Roman province was called Gallia Transalpina, then Gallia Narbonensis, or simply ""Provincia Nostra"" ('Our Province') or ""Provincia"". It extended from the Alps"
"of the Canal de Marseille passes below the village, which is served by the public transport system of Marseille and accessible also from Aubagne. La Treille La Treille is a ""quartier"" on the outskirts of the 11th ""arrondissement"" of Marseille, in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It has approximately 900 inhabitants. At the centre of the ""quartier"" is the seventeenth century hillside village of La Treille. La Treille became famous as the place where writer Marcel Pagnol spent his summer holidays during his childhood—at the ""Bastide Neuve""—and he is buried in the cemetery there. This is also where ""La Pascaline""—the"
"Gulf of La Spezia The Gulf of La Spezia (Italian: ""Golfo della Spezia"" or ""Golfo dei poeti"") is a body of water on the north-western coast of Italy and part of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, specifically of Ligurian Sea. It measures some 4.5 (length) by 3-3.5 (width) kilometers. The gulf is named for the Italian city of La Spezia, located at its middle point, which is also the main military and cargo port in the gulf, including several arsenals of the Italian Marina Militare. At the gulf extremities are the two tourist resorts of Lerici (western) and Porto Venere (eastern)."
"south of Genoa, north and west into what is now French territory past Monaco and sometimes as far as Marseilles. Now it is divided into the Italian Riviera and the French Riviera, although the French use the term ""Riviera"" to refer to the Italian Riviera and call the French portion the ""Côte d'Azur"". As a result of the fame of the Ligurian rivieras, the term came into English to refer to any shoreline, especially one that is sunny, topographically diverse and popular with tourists. Such places using the term include the Australian Riviera in Queensland and the Turkish Riviera along"
"La Francesca La Francesca The name of La Francesca was historically given to a coastal area of Liguria Eastern Riviera, currently in the province of La Spezia (Municipality of Bonassola). Well known in the 13th century for its copper mines (active until the last century), the site took probably its name from one of the branches of the ancient road “Francesca” or “Francigena”, a major route in the Middle Ages for pilgrims on their way to France, Canterbury and Santiago de Compostela. Characterized by a favourable microclimate - a hill protects the south-exposed valley from the north winds – with"
"Place Jean-Jaurès The Place Jean-Jaurès, a.k.a. La Plaine, is a historic square in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. As early as the 13th century, it was a camping ground for Christian Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land. It later became a meeting place to welcome dignitaries and members of the French royal family. It is now home to a farmers' market. It is named after politician Jean Jaurès. It is located at the intersection of the 1st, 5th, 6th arrondissements. From East to West, it can be reached via the Rue Curiol; Rue de la Bibliothèque; Rue des"
"Cassis Cassis (; Provençal: ""Cassís"") is a commune situated east of Marseille in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is a popular tourist destination, famous for its cliffs (""falaises"") and the sheltered inlets called ""calanques"". The wines of Cassis are white and rosé, and not to be confused with crème de cassis, a specialty of Burgundy which takes its name from blackcurrants (""cassis""), not the commune. The town is situated on the Mediterranean coast, about east of Marseille. Cap Canaille , between Cassis and La Ciotat (""the ""civitas"""") is one of the highest"
"Plages du Prado Plages du Prado is the generic name for the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France. The seaside park is an artificial coastal development created in the late 1970s by Gaston Defferre. They were built with the fill coming from the construction of the two Marseille subway lines. They host many events including the Sosh Freestyle Cup, particular due to the presence of the Bowl of Marseille, famous skatepark. In June each year they host concerts during the World Music Day. Plages du Prado was the venue for the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, for"
"Provence Provence (, ; ; ""Prouvènço"" , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River to the west to the Italian border to the east, and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative ""région"" of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and includes the ""départements"" of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse. The largest city of the region is Marseille. The Romans made the region the first Roman province beyond the Alps and called it ""Provincia Romana"", which"
"Santa Maria della Grazia Santa Maria della Grazia or La Grazia is an artificial island of the Venetian lagoon, northern Italy, which lies between the Giudecca and San Clemente. Santa Maria della Grazia rose during the Middle Ages in the place where Venice’s rubble was discarded. The island takes its name from a supposedly miraculous Madonna which was on display in its former church. In 1264 there was a home for pilgrims to the Holy Land; later it was transformed into a convent. During the Napoleonic period the convent was suppressed and changed to a powder-magazine, which in 1849 exploded"
"Old Port of Marseille The Old Port of Marseille (French: ""Vieux-Port de Marseille"") is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille. It became mainly pedestrian in 2013. In 600 BC, Greek settlers from Phocaea landed in the Lacydon, a rocky Mediterranean cove, now the site of the Old Port of Marseille. They set up a trading post or ""emporion"" in the hills on the northern shore. Until the nineteenth century the Old Port remained the centre"
"until the French took control of the island. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ""Ajacciens"" or ""Ajacciennes"". The most famous of these is Napoleon Bonaparte who was born in Ajaccio in 1769, and whose ancestral home, the Maison Bonaparte, is now a museum. Other dedications to him in the city include Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, southeast of Marseille. The commune occupies a sheltered position at the foot of wooded hills on the northern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio between Gravona and the ""pointe de la"
"La Foce La Foce is a large estate that lies close to the towns of Montepulciano, Chiusi, and Chianciano Terme in the Southern Tuscan region of Val d'Orcia midway between Florence and Rome. La Foce, situated on the Via Francigena (the ancient road and pilgrim route running from France to Rome), has been inhabited continuously for many centuries. The Villa at La Foce was built in the late 15th Century as a hospice for pilgrims and merchants traveling on the Via Francigena. La Foce is located near an Etruscan settlement, and on the property, a burial-place dating from the 7th"
"Italian Riviera The Italian Riviera, or Ligurian Riviera (; ) is the narrow coastal strip which lies between the Ligurian Sea and the mountain chain formed by the Maritime Alps and the Apennines. Longitudinally it extends from the border with France and the French Riviera (or ""Côte d'Azur"") near Ventimiglia (a former customs post) to Capo Corvo (also known as Punta Bianca) which marks the eastern end of the Gulf of La Spezia and is close to the border with Tuscany. The Italian Riviera thus includes nearly all of the coastline of Liguria. (Historically the ""Riviera"" extended further to the"
"Lavezzi archipelago The Archipelago of Lavezzi (; ; ) is a collection a small of granite islands and reefs in the Strait of Bonifacio that separates Corsica from Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. They are administered from the town of Bonifacio (French department of Corse-du-Sud) on Corsica. The archipelago is located in about from the Corsican mainland, from Cape Pertusato, and southeast of Bonifacio. It covers 5,123 ha in area and the highest point is . They include the southernmost point of Metropolitan France. The two main islands are Cavallo (112 ha), the only inhabited island in the archipelago, and"
"Ventimiglia to La Spezia). As early as the 19th century, the British referred to the region as the ""Riviera"" or the ""French Riviera"", usually referring to the eastern part of the coast, between Monaco and the Italian border. Originally, ""riviera"" is an Italian noun which means ""coastline"". The name ""Côte d'Azur"" was given to the coast by the writer Stéphen Liégeard in his book, ""La Côte d’azur"", published in December 1887. Liégeard was born in Dijon, in the French department of Côte-d'Or, and adapted that name by substituting the azure blue colour of the Mediterranean for the gold of Côte-d'Or."
"Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; ; ; PACA) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France. Its capital is Marseille. The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese county of Nice, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera, and in French as the ""Côte d'Azur""; and the southeastern part of the former French province of Dauphiné, in the French Alps. 4,935,576 people live in the region according to the 2012 census."
"La Spezia La Spezia (; in the local Spezzino dialect), at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Northern Italy, is the capital city of the province of La Spezia. In terms of population, La Spezia is the second city in the Liguria region, just after Genoa. Located roughly midway between Genoa and Pisa, on the Ligurian Sea, it is one of the main Italian military and commercial harbours and a major Italian Navy base. A significant railway junction, it is notable for its museums, for the Palio del Golfo"
"Reggio to Naples, is a major terminal for goods traffic. Secondary branches connect to Catanzaro and Crotone. Lamezia is the site of the Lamezia Terme International Airport, built in 1976. The airport has both national and international connections. Lamezia Terme Lamezia Terme , commonly called Lamezia, is an Italian city and ""comune"" of 70,452 inhabitants (2013) in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region. Lamezia is located on the eastern border of the coastal plain commonly called Piana di Sant'Eufemia, which was created by drying a wide marshy area. The municipality borders with Conflenti, Curinga, Falerna, Feroleto Antico, Gizzeria,"
"with 27 cities all over the world: Marseille Marseille (; , ; Marseilles; ) is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, today it is the capital of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010. Known to the ancient Greeks"
"the port in 2020 for a sum of €64 million. Old Port of Marseille The Old Port of Marseille (French: ""Vieux-Port de Marseille"") is at the end of the Canebière, the major street of Marseille. It has been the natural harbour of the city since antiquity and is now the main popular place in Marseille. It became mainly pedestrian in 2013. In 600 BC, Greek settlers from Phocaea landed in the Lacydon, a rocky Mediterranean cove, now the site of the Old Port of Marseille. They set up a trading post or ""emporion"" in the hills on the northern shore."
"possible venue for 2007 America's Cup. Marseille is also a place for other water sports such as windsurfing and powerboating. Marseille has three golf courses. The city has dozens of gyms and several public swimming pools. Running is also popular in many of Marseille's parks such as Le Pharo and Le Jardin Pierre Puget. An annual footrace is held between the city and neighbouring Cassis: the Marseille-Cassis Classique Internationale. Marseille was the birthplace of: The following personalities died in Marseille: Marseille is currently officially twinned with 13 cities: In addition, Marseille has signed various types of formal agreements of cooperation"
"Islands in the gulf include Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto. The poet and dramatist Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned in the gulf in 1822. Gulf of La Spezia The Gulf of La Spezia (Italian: ""Golfo della Spezia"" or ""Golfo dei poeti"") is a body of water on the north-western coast of Italy and part of the northern Tyrrhenian Sea, specifically of Ligurian Sea. It measures some 4.5 (length) by 3-3.5 (width) kilometers. The gulf is named for the Italian city of La Spezia, located at its middle point, which is also the main military and cargo port in the gulf, including several"
"Marseille. The history of the area is closely linked to that of Provence. Marseille has been an important harbour since before Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The Roman presence left numerous monuments across the department. Notable people born in the area include Romantic painter Camille Roqueplan and his brother, journalist and theatre director Nestor Roqueplan. The department is part of the current region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is surrounded by the departments of Gard on the west, Vaucluse on the north, and Var on the east, and by the Mediterranean Sea on the south. The Rhône river delta forms a"
"2012 as the second most expensive residential location in the world after Monaco. Cap Ferrat Cap Ferrat () () is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes ""département"", in southeastern France. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Saint Hospitius lived here as a recluse during the sixth century. Thus, the cape is sometimes called Cap-Saint-Hospice or Cap-Saint-Sospis. Once the domain of King Leopold II of Belgium, Cap Ferrat is now graced with a number of magnificent villas. Notable properties on Cap Ferrat include the Villa La Mauresque (originally built in 1906 for King Leopold II's father-confessor), bought by the English novelist"
"Vici, Jacques Couëlle, Savin Couëlle, and Vietti. Costa Smeralda The Costa Smeralda (, , ) is a coastal area and tourist destination in northern Sardinia, Italy, with a length of some 20 km, although the term originally designated only a small stretch in the commune of Arzachena. With white sand beaches, golf clubs, private jet and helicopter services, and exclusive hotels, the area has drawn celebrities, business leaders, and other affluent visitors. Costa Smeralda is the most expensive location in Europe. House prices reach up to 300,000 euros ($392,200) per square meter. The main towns and villages in the area,"
"the province of Imperia is often viewed as just a continuation of the French Riviera and this stretch of coast is often referred to as the Italian Riviera. However, many historians claim that the Imperia resorts of Sanremo (also referred to incorrectly as San Remo), Bordighera and Ospedaletti (plus Alassio which is found in the adjoining province of Savona) formed the world's first 'Riviera', predating and originally outshining today's far more glitzy Côte d'Azur or French Riviera. In the 19th Century these resorts became very popular with wealthy Europeans, especially the British who can lay claim to starting the local"
"La Clusaz La Clusaz is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is a ski resort in the Alps near the Swiss border. The commune of La Clusaz is part of the Haute-Savoie ""département"". An old village, La Clusaz has been hosting winter sports since 1907. It is the birthplace of French skiers Guy Périllat and Vincent Vittoz and sailor Philippe Monnet. Located in the Aravis mountain range La Clusaz (originally from the word cluse - meaning a narrow path between two mountains) was once called Clusa Locus Dei meaning God's narrow place."
"Varazze Varazze (; ) is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about west of Genoa and about northeast of Savona in the Riviera di Ponente. Nearby in the Ligurian Apennines is the Monte Beigua with its Natural Regional Park. Economy is mostly based on shipyards and tourism. The burgh grew around the former Roman station named ""Ad Navalia"". In the Middle Ages Varazze was disputed between Savona and Genoa, due to its notable ships production. In 1227 it became an independent commune but, after a short seigniory of the Malocello, it was"